Monna Bari, a retail associate in Cataumet, MA, learned origami — the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes — as a child from her mother.
Bari’s been busy making origami cranes to promote the new International Peace stamp, which features an image of the white bird made from folded paper.
She displays them around the Post Office for customers to take as a keepsake, if they wish.
Baris said she decided to do this because she believes in worldwide peace and because her mother is from Japan, where the story of the paper crane as a symbol of peace began.
“I take pride in my heritage, so making these cranes for community gives me inner peace,” she said.
A comeback after cancer treatment
After Letter Carrier Willie Stone was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare form of cancer, he was able to lean on his customers for support.
Stone has been delivering mail in Henrico, VA, for more than 40 years, and those on his route say his deliveries are “like a visit from a friend.”
“The feeling is mutual because you get a bond after years of seeing people every day. Just greeting one another, and encouraging each other,” Stone told a local TV station recently.
Treatment kept him off his route for more than six months, but he was buoyed by well-wishes from customers.
When Stone, who is now in remission, returned to work, he was greeted by signs on mailboxes and in yards welcoming him back.
“They touched me in a way that you can’t even put into words,” he said.
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